,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,miller of ,florida 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,michaud7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to require courses of    
education provided by public            
institutions of higher education that   
are approved for purposes of the        
educational assistance programs         
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs to charge veterans   
tuition and fees at the in-,state       
tuition rate4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,,gi ,bill     
,tuition ,fairness ,act of #bjac4  #b4  
,approval of courses of education       
provided by public institutions of      
higher education for purposes of        
educational assistance programs         
administered by ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs conditional on in-,state       

tuition rate for veterans  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #cfgi of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7c7 ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of this subtitle1 the   
,secretary or the ,secretary's designee 
shall disapprove a course of education  
provided by a public institution of     
higher education unless the institution 
charges tuition and fees for a veteran  
at the same rate as the institution     
charges for residents of the ,state in  
which the institution is located1       
regardless of the veteran's ,state of   
residence4 ,the ,secretary shall notify 
the ,state approving agency of the      
,secretary's disapproval of a course of 
education under this subsection4  4  7b7
 ,treatment of enrolled benefits        
recipients  7#a7 ,in general ,in the    
case of a veteran or eligible person who
 is enrolled before ,august #a1 #bjad1  
in a course of education provided by a  
public institution of higher education  

that was approved under chapter #cf of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 at the
 time of the initial enrollment of the  
veteran or eligible person but that is  
disapproved by the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs or the ,secretary's  
designee by reason of subsection 7c7 of 
section #cfgi of such title1 the        
,secretary shall treat such institution 
as an institution that is approved under
 such chapter for purposes of the laws  
administered by the ,secretary with     
respect to the veteran or eligible      
person until the veteran or eligible    
person completes the course of education
 in which the veteran or eligible person
 is enrolled4  7#b7 ,termination  7,a7  
,limitation ,except as provided in      
subparagraph 7,b71 the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs may not treat such an
 institution as an approved institution 
under paragraph 7#a7 after ,august #a1  
#bjah4  7,b7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary may
 waive the limitation under subparagraph
 7,a7 if the ,secretary determines such 

a waiver is appropriate4  7c7 ,effective
 date ,subsection 7c7 of section #cfgi  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 as 
added by subsection 7a7 shall apply with
 respect to educational assistance      
provided after ,august #a1 #bjad4